In 1983 little João Amaral Severo asks his father to go to the circus His father and army captain who had been recently widowed refuses to take him under the pretext that the circus would draw his attention away from his studies Ten years later João is a student in the Military College and is tired of the harsh discipline imposed by his father and decides to join a travelling circus that stops in his hometown Alcochete From then on João alone and free to live his life the way he wants finds a world of magic the love of Dolores a young trapeze artist and the family he never really had Until a twist of fate turns João into a father
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